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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11544
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14677
13 Actual Demand 11245
14 Aggregate Planning 12274
15 Air Cargo 10128
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6685
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34916
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15364
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19342
20 Assembly Line 22558
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23028
22 Average Speed of Answer 26597
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23209
24 Batch Production 38489
25 Bill Discounting 14595
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11284
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7185
28 Blanket Release 10061
29 Bonded Warehouse 10098
30 Booking Number 13861
31 Bottleneck 9571
32 Buffer Stock 59417
33 Build to Stock 13057
34 Bullwhip Effect 9711
35 Business Logistics 25821
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12607
37 Capacity Management 40710
38 Capacity Utilization 14156
39 Capital Intensive 8463
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8800
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12184
42 Certified Supplier 8993
43 Channel Effectiveness 8963
44 Co-Destiny 9336
45 Co-managed Inventory 12607
46 Co-Packers 11815
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6918
48 Computer-Based Training 7721
49 Consular Invoice 19864
50 Container Depot 10642
51 Container Freight Station 10306
52 Continuous Replenishment 19610
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12123
54 Contract Carrier 7343
55 Contract of Affreightment 11451
56 Control Charts 7989
57 Cost Flow 10312
58 Courier Service 15288
59 CPFR 8262
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11841
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44255
62 Date Code 18305
63 Days of Supply 19891
64 Dead on Arrival 9373
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7344
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8153
67 Detective Control 8943
68 Devanning 14250
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11006
70 Dispatching 24602
71 Distributed Inventory 8392
72 Distribution Channel Management 34869
73 Distribution Metrics 9180
74 Distribution Planning 24249
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15278
76 Double Marginalization 52829
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22439
78 Dual 5469
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20658
80 Echelon Inventory 26255
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38311
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49852
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7651
84 Efficient Frontier 25562
85 Engineer-to-Order 31821
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16599
87 Erlang B Formula 9382
88 ETD 8361
89 Ex Works 7863
90 Exception Rate 13541
91 Exponential smoothing 9856
92 External Growth 10122
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9555
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10615
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8829
97 Fishbone Diagram 14652
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27128
99 Flow Through Distribution 12356
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8216
101 FOB Destination 13094
102 Forward buying 30253
103 Freight Charge 10442
104 Freight Consolidation 7565
105 Gantt Chart 8323
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11777
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29647
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12733
109 Hub 23495
110 Idle Time 8103
 
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